Maximum Spec SPARC

This topic is from my cached copy of the original post on Openstep.se, of April 12th, 2005

Tenzin, 15:14

Hello,

What is the maximum specification SPARC that Openstep will run on ?

What is the most recent version of Solaris that Openstep 1.0 Solaris will run on ?

Thankyou,

Tenzin

RacerX, 22:14

Well, I believe both Solaris OpenStep 1.0 and 1.1 (ftp://ftp.blackcube.org/Peanuts/OpenStep/implementation/solaris/) can be used up to Solaris 2.5, but I don't know if that is a hard upper limit or not. Additional documentation can be found here (http://www.rollergroup.com/nextpsug/suns.htm) and here (http://alge.anart.no/ftp/pub/Solaris/OpenStep/Docs/OpenStep.html).

As for running either NEXTSTEP or OPENSTEP on Sun Hardware, this is the documentation I have on the subject:

GENERAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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CPU
Sun microSPARC II, SuperSPARC II, and SuperSPARC single processor workstations ( see http://www.sun.com/ ) models
SPARCstation 4: 85
SPARCstation 5: 85 & 110
SPARCstation 10: 50, 60, & 90
SPARCstation 20: 50, 51, 61, & 71

AVAILABLE HARD DISK SPACE

User Environment:150 MB minimum, 250 MB recommended for stand-alone systems.

User + Developer: Environments: 330 MB minimum, 400 MB recommended.

RAM REQUIREMENTS
RAM requirements vary depending upon the user's selection of graphics adapter. NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 supports a maximum of 256MB of memory.

24-bit color: 16 MB RAM Mininum, 32 MB RAM Recommended
8-bit grayscale/color: 16 MB RAM Minimum, 24 MB RAM Recommended

GRAPHICS ADAPTERS
8-bit color and grayscale at 1152x900 or 24-bit color at 1152x900 with appropriate video system. Release 3.3 supports multiple monitors with graphics cards for expanded desktop space.

MASS STORAGE
Floppy disk drive, SCSI hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, 1/4 inch tape drives, Exabyte tape drives, and DAT tape drives are supported.

KEYBOARD & POINTING DEVICES
Sun keyboard and Sun optical or mechanical mouse.

PRINTERS
PostScript printers connected via a serial or parallel port. Color PostScript Level II printers are recommended for proper color support.

NETWORKING
Thick, thin, and twisted pair ethernet on board interfaces are supported. Ethernet transceivers may be necessary for installation at particular sites.

SOUND
16-bit audio at 22 and 44 khz is supported.

INSTALLATION
A Sun SCSI CDROM, or a supported network adapter and properly configured network installation host are required for installation of NEXTSTEP.

Supported Configurations
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SPARCstation 4
Graphics: 8 bit grayscale & color @ 1152x900
Sound: On-board 16 bit sound @ 48kHz with Mic. plug-in
Networking: On-board ethernet (TP and AUI)
Bus: 1 SBus

SPARCstation 5
Graphics: 8 bit grayscale & color @ 1152x900 with GX, Turbo GX, & Turbo GX+; 24 bit color @ 1152x900 with S24 on AFX bus
Sound: On-board 16 bit sound @ 48kHz with Mic. plug-in
Networking: On-board ethernet (TP)
Bus: 3 SBus & 1 AFX Connector for Video card

SPARCstation 10
Graphics: 8 bit grayscale & color @ 1152x900 with Turbo GX and Turbo GX+; 24 bit color @ 1152x900 with SX
Sound: On-board 16 bit sound @ 48kHz with Mic. plug-in and sound box
Networking: On-board ethernet (TP)
Bus: 4 SBus

SPARCstation 20
Graphics: 8 bit grayscale & color @ 1152x900 with Turbo GX and Turbo GX+; 24 bit color @ 1152x900 with SX
Sound: On-board 16 bit sound @ 48kHz with Mic. plug-in
Networking: On-board ethernet (TP)
Bus: 4 Sbus

what I do not have cached is my reply post, so I approximate it here
Tenzin, a bit later

Thankyou for a highly informative reply, if I see on old SPARCstation needing a good home, I'll get it.

I'm not sure that the content of the post fits the subject line...

My earlier posts (see "Guide to NextStep and Sun Hardware, Parts 1 & 2) cover everything a newbie needs to get NS running on a Sun.

The fastest NS on Sun hardware config. would be a SPARCstation 20 with an 85 MHz SuperSPARC-II CPU (yes, 90MHZ exist - good luck finding one...), a fast HD (say, 10k RPM), and 256MB RAM.

Cheers

QuoteI'm not sure that the content of the post fits the subject line...

Yes, I used the same subject line as the original post on Openstep.se last year.

Should I get a SPARC, I now know everything I need to get Openstep on it.

Tenzin